One of the drawbacks of electric vehicles (EV) is that it can take up to 8 hours to fully charge their lithium-ion batteries. Swiss researchers, however, say that by increasing the electrical charge, EVs can potentially be fully charged in about 15 minutes. In a paper published today, researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne [...]

SAFETY WARNING: scroll to the bottom if you want to read safety warnings. Here I am charging my camera s battery from my car battery. I m using three christmas lightbulbs at once as a current regulator to get half an amp to flow into the camera battery. Here s how it works: As the current through a lightbulb increases, the filament gets hot. That [...]

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Imagine that you wake up one winter morning, in a rush for your daily commute to the office. You dash out the door and into your car - only to discover that it simply won t start. Or worse, think about returning to the airport after a long trip to find a drained car battery and no other drivers in sight. Fortunately, you can avoid this stressful [...]

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There are many ways to connect a group of batteries in both series and parallel at the same time. This is common practice in many battery power appliances, particularly in electric vehicles and large UPS systems where the battery packs require large voltages and amp-hour capacities. It is not uncommon to have battery packs with several hundred [...]

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We have a 2004 GMC pickup, which we rarely use. We disagree as to the best way to keep the battery charged: Just start the truck occasionally, and let it sit in the driveway and run for a little while every week, or actually take it out on the road, and drive for 20 miles or so? Or put it on the charger every week or so? Also, if the battery goes [...]

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